Kitchen-cabinet



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M. H. SHANLEY. KITCHEN CABINET.

Patented June 18,1895.

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IIIIIIIIIIIII'I/I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC MICHAEL H. SHANLEY, OFGRANBURY, TEXAS.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541',216,"dated June18, 1895.

Application filed June 27, 1394- Serial No. 515,877- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, MICHAEL H. SHAN- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Granbury, in the county of Hood and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Kitchen-0abinet, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to kitchen cabinets, and has for its objects toprovide a simple and convenient portable device provided with thenecessary receptacles for flour, meal, spices and other condiments, aswell as apparatus for grinding oofi'ee, beating eggs, weighing, &c.; toprovide means for adjusting such receptacles upon the frame of thecabinet to secure the desired height or distance from the floor, andfurthermore to provide improved means for removing the flour and mealfrom the bins and sifting the same by the same operation.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel fcaturesthereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructedin accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section ofone of the bins. Fig. 3 is a detail view, in perspective, of the fiouror meal sifting device with the upper portion of the bin broken away.Fig. at is a detail view, in perspective, of one of the clamps forattaching the extremities of the shelf or table to the adjustable slideson the standards of the frame. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of theslides or sleeves by which the bins are connected to the standards ofthe frame and showing the means for securing an egg-beating devicethereto. Fig. 6 is a detail view,

partly in section, of one of the feet.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlogs.

The frame of the improved cabinet is of inverted U-shape, and comprisesthe vertical standards 1, connected at their upper extremities by thecross-bar 2, said standards terminating at their lower ends in feet 3,which are preferably of the tripod form shown in the drawings, and areprovided with cups .4, adapted to contain water for preventing theaccess of insects to the cabinet. The lower extremities of the standardsarepreferably threaded into sockets 5 at the bottoms of the cups attheupper ends of the feet.

The body portion .of the cabinet comprises the oppositely disposedcylindrical bins 6, adapted to contain'fiour and meal respectively, andan interposed casing 7 connecting said bins. This interposed casing isprovided with drawers or receptacles 8 for the recep tion of spices andother condiments, and a lower enlarged receptacle 9 for sugar or othermaterial. The bins are provided near their bottoms with gages 10,consisting of perforations formed in a vertical series and covered by atransparent plate 11, whereby the amount of flour or meal in the bin maybe ascertained without opening the same; Each bin terminates at itslower end in a trunco-conical or hopper shaped portion 12 and a reducedoutlet 13, and in this reduced outlet is arranged a sifting screen 14.In connection-with this sift ing screen I employ an agitator l5 havingavertical spindle 19, which is mounted axially in the reduced portion ofthe bin, and the radially disposed arms 17 having horizontal portions 18which traverse the upper surface of the sifting screen, and the upwardlyand outwardly inclined portions 19 which operate within thetrunco-conical or hopper shaped portion of the bin. The spindle or stemof the agitating device is provided with a squared lower end 20, uponwhich is fitted the eye of the operating handle 21, said handle beingextended laterally through a slot 22 in the side of the reduced portionof the bin, the slot being of sutficient length to permit freeoscillation of the handle. Fitted removably upon the lower end of thereduced portion of the bin is a cap 23 adapted to be applied when thesifting device is not in use to prevent the flour which is detached fromthe screen by jarring or otherwise from escaping from the bin. I

The body portion of the cabinet is provided contiguous to the standardsof the frame with sleeves or slides 25, which fit slidably upon saidstandards and have set-screws 26 .for locking them at the desiredelevation. Attached to the slides or sleeves at one end of the bodyportion of the cabinet are the coffee canister 27 and the subjacent mill28, and attached to'the slides or sleeves at the opposite end of thebody-portion are therarms 29, and 30, adapted respectively for thesupport of the scales 31 and egg-beater 32. These arms 29 and 30 arepreferably secured detachably to the slides or sleeves by means ofthreaded studs 33 upon the slides engaging slots or perforations in thearms, said studs being engaged by thumb nuts 34. Below the eggbeatingdevice is arranged an arm 35, also. ad justably attached to the standardand adapted to support acup or receptacle 36, in which the egg-beatingdevice operates.

Arranged below the plane of thelower ends of the bins is a shelf ortable 37 provided at its extremities with clamps 38, which aredetachably engaged with the slides or sleeves 39, also mounted upon thestandards of the frame, said clamps being provided with adjusting-screws40, and the slides or sleeve with adjusting-screws 41.

From the above description it will beunderstood that the various partscomprising the improved cabinet are vertically adjust able upon the sidemembers or standards of the frame to suit the height of the operator;that the egg-beating and weighing devices are detachable from the frameto provide. for cleansing the same; and that the shelf or table isdetachable from the slides, also for the purpose of cleansing. Attachedto the under side of the shelf or'table is adrawertadapted formiscellaneous articles,

Further advantages of the above construction reside in the fact that theoperating-handle of the sifting device projects beyond both sides of thereduced portion or outlet of the bin, and thus enables both hands to beemployed in the sifting operation; and by the adjustment of the nut 42by which said handle is secured to the lower end of the spindle, thepressure of the agitator arms upon the upper surface of the screenmay bevaried. Moreover, the reduced portion of the bin is detachable from themain or body portion thereof, being fitted at its upper edge over adepending collar 43, suitable securing devices consisting of springs 44being carried by the bin to engage studs 45 on said reducedportion oroutlet.

In addition to the above the clamps 38 are preferably provided withseats 46 in which the ends of the shelf or table fit slidably to pro--vide for forward and rearward adjustment of the shelf or table. It willbe understood, furthermore, that various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing fromthe spirit of the invention or sacrificing any ofthe advantages thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A kitchen cabinethaving an inverted U shaped frame comprising twin vertical sidestandards connected at their upper ends by a horizontal cross-piece andterminating attheir lower ends in supporting feet, and a verticallyadjustable body portion arranged betially as specified.

.shelf or table and the lower end of the body portion may be varied, andmeans for securing the shelf or table at the desired verticaladjustment, substantially as specified.

2. A kitchen cabinet having an inverted U shaped frame provided withvertical side standards terminating at their lower ends in a feet,vertical bins arranged between said 1 standards and provided at theirlower ends with outlet openings, sleeves attached tothe outer sides ofthe bins and mounted tov slide uponthe standards, locking devices tosecure the sleeves at the desired vertical adjust! ment, lower sleevesmounted upon the standards below the lower ends of the bins, clampssupported by said lower sleeves and provided atthe inner sidesof thelatter with horizontal parallel seats 46, means for securing said lowersleeves at the desired vertical adjust- -ment to suit the position ofthe bins, and a shelf or table removably fitted at its end edges in saidseats and thereby supported horizon. tally below the lower outlet endsof-thebins,

- substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a frame having vertical standards adapted tosupport receptacles, said standards having threaded lower extremities,feet 3 spread or deflected toward i their lower extremities, and cups 4connect- ;ing and integral with the upper ends of said feet, andprovided in their bottoms with vertical cylindrical interiorly threadedsockets 5 for the reception of the threaded lower 0:-

' tremities of the standards, whereby said lower ends of the standardsclose the bottoms of the cups. and are immersed in the insectobstructing liquid contained therein,substan 4:. A bin provided with areduced outlet and a superjacent trunco-conical or hoppershaped portion,a sifting screen arranged horizontally in said reduced outlet, atspindle arranged vertically and axially in the reduced outlet, radialarms attached to said spindle and having horizontal portions 18 totraverse the upper surface of the sifting screen and not upwardly andoutwardly inclined portions19 to operate contiguous to the walls of theytru nco-conical or hopper-shaped portion of the bin, a radialoscillatory handle attached to the lower end of the spindle and havingoppositely aligned arms extending through and operating in horizontalslots formed in the in its side walls, and a sifting-screen arranged thespindle, and a. nut threaded upon the extremity of the spindle andadapted to be adjusted to'vary the pressure of the agitatorarms upon thesurface of the sifting-screen, substantially as specified.

In testimony that Iolaim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in .the presence of two witnesses.

M. H. SHANLEY.

Witnesses:

J. H. SIGGERS, GEO. O. SHOEMAKER.

